JPH021646Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a support device for a hopper type coin dispensing device.

(Prior Art) In general, a hopper-type coin dispensing device includes a hopper into which coins or medals (hereinafter referred to as coins) are input and stored, and a rotating disc rotated at an inclined position within the hopper. The rotation of the hopper causes the sending member on the rotary disk to send out one coin from within the hopper.

In a conventional hopper-type coin dispensing device of this kind, a base plate supporting a rotating disk is fixedly supported on a support frame in a position inclined with respect to the horizontal, and is fixed inside a vending machine or a game machine by this support frame. It is built in.

However, when the internal installation space of vending machines, game machines, etc. is narrow, it is not easy to take out the coins remaining in the hopper, which causes trouble and time. Another disadvantage is that because the wafer is located on the back side of the board, it is difficult to inspect and maintain it.

As a means to eliminate these drawbacks,
As disclosed in Publication No. 53-3898, a coin storage hopper is rotatably supported on a machine frame around a horizontal pivot shaft, and the coins in the hopper are removed by rotating and overturning the coin storage hopper. It is proposed to collect.

However, as described in the above publication, a spring is connected between the hopper and the machine frame, the hopper is held in the coin sending position by this spring, and the spring force is resisted by pulling the lever attached to the hopper toward you. In a configuration in which the hopper is rotated toward the front and tipped over, the hopper is not locked in the coin delivery position and is unstable, and the hopper suddenly moves from the rotation position beyond the dead center of the spring. Since the coins in the hopper are overturned and ejected into the collection box all at once, it is necessary to provide a chute to surround and guide the coins ejected from the hopper downward so that they do not scatter.As a result, the collection device becomes large. However, there is a problem in that a large installation space is required.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) According to the invention, a coin collector can manually control the hopper to gently tip over the coins and reliably collect the coins without scattering them. An object of the present invention is to provide a support device for a hopper-type coin dispensing device, which allows a collector holding a coin collection bag or a collection box with one hand to release the hopper from a locked position and gently tip it over with the other hand. It is something to do.

(Means for Solving the Problems) According to the present invention, the substrate 8 is attached at its lower end to the side plate 2 of the support frame having a support surface that supports the substrate 8 to which the hopper 10 is fixed in a position inclined with respect to the horizontal. A latch device 50 is provided which is pivotably tilted forward by a hinge shaft 11 and releasably locks the upper end of the board 8 to the side plate, and this latch device 50 is a lever shaft rotatably supported on the upper part of the side plate. 52, a locking lever 53 is fixed to this lever shaft, and the locking lever 53 is provided with a hook that can be hooked into a hooking hole 59 provided in the upper part of the base plate 8 at a position where the base plate 8 is supported by the support surfaces on the side plates 2, 2. Stopper claw 54
is provided on the locking lever 53, and a spring 58 is provided to prevent the locking pawl 54 from slipping out from the engaging hole 59.
and a release lever 60 that rotates the locking lever 53 to a position where the latching claw 54 can enter and exit the engagement hole, and a link 6 is provided between the lower end of the board 8 and the support frame 2.
5 and 66, and is pulled so that the board is held in balance by the restoring action of the tension spring at the board rotation position where the board 8 is slightly separated from the support surface of the support frame and the latching claw 54 escapes from the engaging hole 59. The spring 69 is connected to the connecting pin 67 of both links 65 and 66 and the support frame side plate 2.
It is characterized by being connected between.

(Function) According to the present invention, when a coin collector holding a coin collection bag or a collection box in one hand pulls the release lever 60 with the other hand, the lever shaft 52 is rotated.
When the locking lever 53 on this lever shaft rotates and the locking pawl 54 aligns with the engagement hole 59, the base plate 8 slightly rotates from the support surface of the support frame due to the restoring force of the tension spring 69. The latch claw 54 escapes from the latch hole 59, and the board 8 is thus balanced by the tension spring 69 at the position shown by the chain line in FIG. The board 8 is not locked again due to the locking pawl 54 being engaged in the engagement hole 59 of the board 8, and therefore,
The coin collector can then rotate the base plate 8 against the tensile force of the tension spring 69 to collect the coins in the hopper into a collection bag held in one hand.

(Example) The drawing shows one embodiment of the present invention, and in the drawing, 1 is a support frame consisting of side plates 2, 2 and a connecting plate 3 that connects these side plates. The mounting hole 4 allows the device to be fixed to a suitable wall plate 6 inside a vending machine, game machine, etc. using a mounting screw 5 or the like. The front edges of the side plates 2, 2 are inclined at an appropriate angle with respect to the horizontal, and support flanges 7 can be provided as required.

Reference numeral 8 denotes an inclined substrate, on the front side of which a rotating disk 9 and a hopper 10 are attached, and on the back side a rotating disk 9.
A motor 13 and a reduction gear device 14 of a drive device for rotating are attached to the hinge shaft 11 attached between the side plates 2 and 2 of the support frame 1, and the lower end of the inclined base plate 8 is provided with an eye on both sides thereof. Folded ear piece 12,
12 so that it can tilt forward, and is supported in an inclined position by the inclined front edges of the side plates 2, 2 and the support flange 7, thereby moving the inclined base plate 8 from the inclined position shown in FIG. The hopper 10 is configured so that it can be tipped forward around the hopper 11 to bring the hopper 10 to the ejection position shown in FIG.

As mentioned above, the rotating disk 9 and its driving device 1
3, 14 and the hopper 10 are attached to the support frame 1 by a hinge shaft 11 at its lower end.
Since the tilt base plate 8 is pivotally mounted to be tiltable forward, a latch device 50 is provided for locking the upper end of the tilt base plate 8 to the support frame 1 in order to prevent the tilt base plate 8 from accidentally falling forward.

As shown in detail in FIGS. 4 and 5, the latch device 50 has a locking lever shaft 52 whose both ends are rotatably supported at the upper part of the side plates 2, 2.
Two locking levers 53 are fixed to both ends of 2 at spaced apart positions. The locking lever 53 has a locking pawl 54 and a release actuating portion 55, and a spring hook 56 on the side plate 2.
(See Figure 2) and the spring hook 5 on the locking lever 53.
A tension spring 58 is inserted between the spring 58 and
Due to this action, the locking pawl 54 of the locking lever 53 engages with the engagement hole 59 of the base plate 8 as shown by the solid line in FIG. 4, so that the upper end of the base plate 8 can be locked to the support frame 1.

In order to release the engagement between the latch pawl 54 of the lock lever 53 of the latch device 50 and the board 8, a release lever 60 is rotatably attached to one end of the lock lever shaft 52 adjacent to one of the lock levers 53. Support and install,
The release lever 60 is engaged with an operation finger engaging piece 61 for performing a release operation and the release actuating portion 55 of the lock lever 53 to pull the lock lever 53 from the solid line position to the position shown by the chain line. A locking lever pulling piece 62 and a locking position regulating stopper 63 are provided, which can act to raise the locking lever 53 when released.
Although it has a tendency to rotate counterclockwise due to the action of the spring 58, when the release actuating portion 55 is engaged with the locking lever moving piece 62, the stopper 63 moves toward the side plate 2 as shown by the solid line in FIG. The release lever 60 is prevented from rotating by colliding with the flange 64, and is configured to prevent the locking lever 53 from further rotating beyond its locked position.

Furthermore, in order to effectively perform the release action of the locking lever 53 by the release lever 60 described above,
As shown in FIG. 7, the inner wall of the side plate 2 and the back surface of the board 8 are connected by links 65, 66, and the connecting pins 67 of both links 65, 66 and spring hooks provided on the inner wall of the side plate 2. A tension spring 69 is connected between the locking lever 68 and the locking lever 53 by appropriately selecting the spring constant and length of the tension spring 69 and pulling up the release lever 60. When the latch claw 54 is aligned with the engagement hole 59 of the board 8, the spring 69 returns to a position where the board 8 is slightly upright from the inclined position where it contacts the inclined edge of the side plate 2 (see the chain line in FIG. 7). The release lever 60 is moved to the dead center position of the tension spring 69 and stopped, and the balance is maintained by the tension spring 69, and the latch claw 54 comes out of the engagement hole 58. Therefore, the release lever 60
The structure is such that the locking lever 53 will not perform the locking action again even if the finger is released. By holding the substrate 8 in the above-mentioned release position by the spring force of the spring 69, even when the hand is released from the substrate 8, the substrate 8 is held by the force of the driving device, the rotating disk, and the weight of the coin in the hopper 10. 8 suddenly rotates around the hinge shaft 11, causing the hopper 10 to fall to the ejection position, and the impact causes the coins to scatter from the hopper. By gently inverting the board 8, the hopper 10 is brought to the ejection position shown in FIG. 2, and the coins inside can be reliably collected.

(Effects of the invention) According to the invention, even if the installation space is small and the collection box cannot be installed in a lower position together with a coin scattering prevention means such as a chute, the coin collector can hold the collection box or collection bag with one hand. Coins in the hopper can be easily and reliably retrieved by operating with the other hand.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hopper type coin dispensing device supported by a support device according to the present invention, FIG. 1 is a front view with a part of the device shown in FIG.
6 is a perspective view showing a locking lever and a release lever, and FIG. 7 is a partial view showing a connecting link mechanism between a support frame and a base plate. 1... Support frame, 2... Side plate, 8... Board, 9...
... Rotating disk, 10 ... Hopper, 11 ... Hinge shaft, 13 ... Motor, 14 ... Reduction gear device, 5
0...Latching device, 53...Lock lever, 54...
Latching claw, 58... Spring, 59... Engagement hole, 60...
...Release lever, 65, 66...Link, 67...
Connecting pin, 69... tension spring.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] The board 8 is pivoted at its lower end to a side plate 2 of a support frame having a support surface that supports the board 8 to which the hopper 10 is fixed in a position inclined with respect to the horizontal so that the board 8 can be tilted forward by a hinge shaft 11. a latch device 50 for releasably locking the upper end to the support frame;
This latch device 50 has a lever shaft 52 rotatably supported on the upper part of the side plate, a locking lever 53 is fixed to this lever shaft, and the board 8 is held at a position where the board 8 is supported on the support surface of the support frame. A hooking hole 59 provided at the top of the
A lock lever 53 is provided with a locking pawl 54 that can be engaged within the locking lever 53, a spring 58 that holds the locking pawl 54 so that it does not escape from the engaging hole 59, and a position where the locking pawl 54 can enter and exit the engaging hole 59. is provided with a release lever 60 for rotating the locking lever 53, and the lower end of the board 8 and the support frame are connected by links 65 and 66.
The tension spring 69 is connected to both links 65 so that the balance of the board is maintained by the restoring action of the tension spring at the board rotation position where the board 8 is slightly separated from the support surface of the support frame and the latch claw 54 can escape from the engagement hole 59. , 66 and a supporting frame for a hopper type coin dispensing device.